--- title: Messengers were forthwith despatched to the garden house, and after… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Messengers were forthwith despatched to the garden house, and after awhile they returned bringing a negro whom they had discovered in a secret chamber underneath the throne of Mihr-afruz, dressed in a dress of honour, and surrounded with luxury. Who acts: Messengers. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Messengers), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg3282:6:34 # text = Messengers were forthwith despatched to the garden house, and after awhile they returned bringing a negro whom they had discovered in a secret chamber underneath the throne of Mihr-afruz, dressed in a dress of honour, and surrounded with luxury. 1 Messengers messenger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 3 forthwith forthwith ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 despatched despatch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 11 after after ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 awhile awhile ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 13 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 bringing bring VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 negro negro NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 21 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 discovered discover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 acl:relcl _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 secret secret ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 chamber chamber NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 26 underneath underneath ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 throne throne NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 Mihr Mihr PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 31 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 afruz afruz NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 dressed dress VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 acl _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 dress dress NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 honour honour NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 surrounded surround VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 43 with with ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 luxury luxury NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl:agent _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **despatch** | past · passive | | Messengers | | | | to the garden house; forthwith *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **bring** | past | Messengers *= messenger* | a negro | | | | awhile *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent negro=Theme | | 3 | **discover** | past · perfect · passive | | a negro | | a secret chamber underneath the throne of Mihr afruz | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 4 | **dress** | participle | | a secret chamber underneath the throne of Mihr afruz *not said here* | | a dress of honour | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **surround** | participle | | | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3282 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/6/33/) - next →: [sentence 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/6/35/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/6/)